**MEDIA ALERT**

Please include on event calendars and promote via your social media
channels to encourage community attendance and support.
WHO:

Shelter dogs that have been trained by Fulton County Jail inmates and Canine
CellMates volunteers

WHAT:

A unique meet-and-greet unlike any other event promoting the adoption of rescue
dogs
Canine CellMates is hosting the second stop on its Jailbreak Tour since the
launch of the program earlier this month. The event will feature the first class of
dogs that are currently undergoing training by Fulton County Jail inmates. Upon
the August 2 graduation, the dogs will have completed the eight-week process
that provides basic training in order to prepare them for their forever home and
therefore making them more adoptable. This event allows families to meet and
connect with the dogs, so their forever home can be waiting after graduation.
This program is especially unique because it not only serves the dogs
throughout the program, the dogs are also inspiring the inmates to be better
people and encouraging them to make a positive impact when they are released
back into society.

WHEN:

Sunday, July 21st from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE:

Hammond Park
Covered Pavilion
705 Hammond Dr
Atlanta, GA 30328

CONTACT:

Piper Davis
Hope-Beckham, Inc.
pdavis@hopebeckham.com
(404) 604-2625

About Canine CellMates:

Canine CellMates is a jail dogs program that operates out of Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta,
Georgia. Founded on June 3, 2013, Canine CellMates goal is to establish a continuing partnership
between Fulton County Animal Services, the Fulton County Sheriffs Office and Fulton County Jail.
The 8-week program pairs a Fulton County Jail inmate with a Fulton County Animal Shelter dog
so that through their relationship they can help rehabilitate each other. The goal of the program
is to save more dogs by training them to be better pets and help inmates become better citizens.
Changing livesone dog at a time.
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